Before “Almost Famous” and all his other directorial efforts, Cameron Crowe immortalized a different kind of golden god: Tom Petty. A nearly forgotten documentary he co-directed about Petty & the Heartbreakers in 1983, titled “Heartbreakers Beach Party,” has been pulled out of the vault and restored, for showings that will take place in theaters across the nation on Thursday and Saturday of this week.
Never publicly available for viewing since briefly airing on MTV in February ‘83, the rock doc is an illuminating lark, catching Petty and his bandmates as they ride out the crest of their first big swell of success, with the group’s fifth album, “Long After
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